Links Page
Hmmm. That's not very original....
How about....
Bill22's Link page!
If you wish to contact me, try here: Bill22
HOTU Technical Help Page
Here you can find game specific step-by-steps, install guides, and how-to's on how to run those great old gems.
HOTU Faq page
Lots of good info here. General troubleshooting tips and links to commonly needed files and utilities.
Community Page: BootDisks
Several DOS & Windows Bootdisks for all needs as well as Bootdisk-Makers
Community Page: Drivers and Tweak Utilities
Mouse, Keyboard, and CD-ROM Drivers, Tweak-Utilities and more.
Community Page: Speed Test
Calculate the time your download will take. Server Speed as well as your connection speed will be included in the calculation (at this time hosted on geocities due to security reasons).
Community Page: System Extensions
DOS System Extensions and more.
Community Page: Other
Fake-CD, Runtime-Libraries etc.
Community Page: SlowDown Utilities
Tools to slowdown your High-End PC ;-) as well as a one time fix for the well-known Runtime-Error 200.
Community Page: Unprotects
Utilities to unprotect games. Use these to work around password-protections yourself.
Community Page: Sound Utilities
Sound Drivers for DOS, as well as Utilities to play Music via the normal PC-System Speaker, mute the annoying Beeping Sounds of the Sytem Speaker and the like.
Community Page: Personal Picture Upload
Here you can upload a personal picture that you can use at the HOTU forum. Additionally all stored pictures are displayed.
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Drivers: System / Archives / Misc.
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Pcdrivers.com
Lots and lots and lots of drivers of all shapes and sizes. However, they don't host most of the files on their site so the links can be hit or miss at times.
VIA Technologies official support portal
Drivers, faqs, and forums.
High Tech Computers
Network Card Drivers | Mainboard Manuals | CDROM Drivers | Video Card Drivers | HD Manager Software | Sound Blaster Drivers | Mouse Drivers
Sidewinder DOS driver
"Did you get a sidewinder gamepad only to find out too late that it doesn't work with any DOS games? Help is on the way. I've finished a TSR that allows some DOS mode games to use the Sidewinder. It doesn't work with many popular games (protected mode games, mostly), but I should have a new version that simulates a GrIP interface soon, adding a ton of games to the Sidewinder's compatability list." -Web page
Intel Chipset Drivers
If you have a computer with an Intel Motherboard with intergrated sound/video (Intel 830 Chipset, Intel 815 Chipset, Intel 810 Chipset)you can find drivers for it here.
AMD Processor and Chipset Drivers
Also faqs, documentation and other support information for your AMD processor.
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Game Compatibility Guides/Faqs
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Ntcompatible.com
Do you want to know if your old game will work with WinNT, Win2000, or WinXp?
This is a good place to start.
w2kgamer.com
Trying to get your favorite game running on Win2000?
You might be able to find some help here.
Windows 2000 - Improving Compatibility/Performance guide
Just like the title says. If you are trying to get a game working in Win2000 this is a good place to start (and perhaps end).
Games (A-H) Requiring or Performing Better in MS-DOS Mode (Q132994)
Is your game crashing or acting strangely in Win95/98?(And probably WinMe/XP)
Check here to see if Microsoft says the game just won\'t work in Windows and needs to be played in Real DOS mode.
Games (I-Q) Requiring or Performing Better in MS-DOS Mode (Q132995)
Is your game crashing or acting strangely in Win95/98?(And probably WinMe/XP)
Check here to see if Microsoft says the game just won't work in Windows and needs to be played in Real DOS mode.
Games (R-Z) Requiring or Performing Better in MS-DOS Mode (Q132996)
Is your game crashing or acting strangely in Win95/98?(And probably WinMe/XP)
Check here to see if Microsoft says the game just won\'t work in Windows and needs to be played in Real DOS mode.
WinMe and no EMS memory.
If you have WinMe and your game complains that it doesn't have EMS memory Microsoft might have your solution.
Cgonline.com -WinXP and DOS based games
"In most cases, if a DOS game is going to work in Windows XP, you just need to install it and double-click its launch icon from inside My Computer. However, if the first shot out of the box doesn't work, don't hit the panic button just yet. Microsoft has provided several tools to help you get some —though not all—DOS games up and running." -Cgonline web page
Inferno's Adventures
A site which holds specific "Setup Walkthroughs" (wriiten in plain English) for getting those old legacy games (and some newer ones that still give us trouble!) to run on Windows XP.
DosBox
A DOS emulator that can run older DOS games without need for restarting in real DOS mode. Especially useful for those with WinXP computers.
Clandestiny Video Problem Fix
This file seems to have dissapeared from the net. It is a fix for video problems in the game "Clandestiny".
Birthright 1.04 patch and Editors
These seem to have disapeared from the 'net as well.
The .zip includes the 1.04 beta patch, the character editor (ver 2), and the scenerio editor.
It's a Funny Old Game (IFOG)
This game requires some old Win 3.1 (winG) .dlls which can be hard to find.
Comic Book Confidential QTime
Quicktime ver 2.1.2.59 .dlls needed for this program to run in WinXP.
FILExt -The File Extension Source
Are you looking at a file with a .KFA extension and you desperately need to know what it's for?
The FILExt people already know! (It's a "Dark Age of Camelot" Animation file).
What else might they know?
Upgrading & Repairing PCs Eighth Edition *Memory*
Are you getting a "not enough memory" error message and you have more memory in your computer than NASA has on the Space Shuttle?
This site has just about everything you ever/never wanted to know about computer memory.
*Note: If you are just looking for a simple "what do I type to fix it site" then this isn't the place for you.
Multibooting with Windows XP
Do you have a game that doesn't like WinXP?
Your only option may be a dual-boot system. This Microsoft page has directions for setting your system up that way.
Ron Windeyer's Web Page (See description below)
The game flat out doesn't work and you have no idea where to start?
Just about everything that could go wrong does go wrong when trying to get Ultima 7 to work on a modern computer.
This page is specific to U7, but if you follow along you can get a good idea of things that may be going wrong with the game you are working on and ways to fix them.
MS-DOS Ver 6.22 & up
Has someone suggested that you need to do something with himem.sys or emm386.sys and you have no idea what they are talking about?
This page has good descriptions of all the good old DOS commands with syntax and switches.
Guide to Windows Dual Booting
"At one time, there was only Windows and only one Windows, Windows v3. Now there are Windows, plural: Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT, Windows 2000, and Windows Me. What's more, the possibility exists that you, as a power user, will want to have more than one copy of Windows -- or more than one type of Windows -- on one machine." -WDB Web site.
SonGokou81's Guide to Taming the Bitch Goddess of DOS memory
"This guide is invisibly split into 2 sections. If you are a total beginner or you want to learn (or refresh) your memory on the inner workings of the whole PC memory schematics, then you should read the whole guide. HOWEVER, if you already know something about PCs and how they work and you just want to know how to solve memory problems without having to know EVERYTHING about memory, then the best bet would be to skip to Section 4." -WO web site
BIOS Survival Guide
FAQ for the AMI and AWARD BIOS.
If you suspect or someone has suggested that you have a bios problem (or you want to "optimize"), this is the place for you.
Online Acumen -Compression Utilities
Are you asking yourself...
"I have this .a01 / .r00 /.arj / etc file, so now what am I supposed to do with it?"
This is the place for you. There is an overview of the different archiving programs with examples and explanations of what .extension goes with what program.
Pcgameworld -Patches
Game not working like it should?
Perhaps a patch will help...
Gamesdomain -Patches
Game not working like it should?
Perhaps a patch will help...
The Patches Scrolls
Game not working like it should?
Perhaps a patch will help...
*Note: This site has the most extensive listing of patches I've seen. However, they seem to be having bandwidth problems and their links are hit or miss at the moment.
Gamesacademy -Patches
Game not working like it should?
Perhaps a patch would help...
Creative Labs (UK)
Have a Sound Blaster card and need a driver? They have it.
Do you you have a SB card and are having trouble getting it to work in DOS? Go to the KNOWLEDGEBASE section and type in the name of your card. They have a lot of detailed instructions.
www.gravis.com
Do you have a Gravis Ultra Sound? Need a patch or driver?
Then this is the site for you.
Sound Blaster AWE32 -DOS setup
Having trouble getting your AWE32 recognized by DOS?
Take a look at the config files at this web page to see if you are missing anything.
Axcel216s Max Speed -SB Live section
This site has a lot of info concerning the registry, and other system tweaks.
If also has a good tutorial on how to play DOS Games with Sound Blaster LIVE! Cards
Vortex of Sound
Do you have a Vortex sound/card chip and have questions/problems/need a driver?
Check here.
DLL Storage
Are you getting one of those pesky "Can't find ??????.dll" error messages?
You might be able to find it here.
C:\>The DOS Page
Home of the Techw0rm bootdisk.
If you need every last drop of Conventional Memory this is the disk for you. (There are versions for everything from DOS 5.0 to WinMe).
They also have various DOS freeware drivers and utilities.
Uforesources
Some system .dll's available for download. They also have a request board.
Vobis.de
Do you need an older version of Directx?
Here you can find DirectX 3/5/6
Unofficial Dr-DOS web page
Do you have WinXp and a game that needs DOS? Want to set up a dual boot DOS system?
And you do not have it?
The freeware/open source versions that you can find here are probably better than the real thing.
Dll-files.com
Another site with lots of .dll files available for download.
GameOS GE
Haven't tried this yet, but it looks interesting......
"GameOS GE is a simple and slim shell made for one main purpose: to play games with the best performance and stability possible. GameOS GE has a feature called "free game resources", which can be used before or after every game so that the next game will have all the resources it craves. GameOS GE gives you dedicated game performance the way console OSs does for maximum performance."
zfox-box
Another .dll archive site. It's in German, but it's not to hard to find your way around.
File Monitor
Are you getting a "file not found" error message? The game doesn't save correctly? Not sure where to put those missing .dlls?
Then this is the program for you!
DirectX Eradicator
It does just what the title says it does.
Abandon Loader
"Abandon Loader is a utility for Windows that simplifies configuring and loading DOS games including classics like Dune, Kings Quest and Monkey Island." -From AL WebPage
DOSBox
"DOSBox is an emulator of a PC with dos. The main focus of this project is emulating old dos games using the local file system for files." -From DB web page.
This is currently still in the Beta stage.
Me2Dos (For WinMe users)
This program will restore the use of the "autoexec.bat" and "config.sys" files in Windows ME. It only works with Windows ME and it makes the files work just like they did in Windows 98.
UMBPCI
a hardware UMB driver for DOS and Win95/98.
You can use this (if it works on your system) to replace Emm386 and free up additional memory.
DAEMON Tools
Do you need a Virtual Cd-Rom? This one is freeware and is quite good.
Advanced Hex Editor
Need a Hex editor?
I like this one. (under downloads.)
MouseCtl
This may help if your mouse works *very* slowly when trying to play a DOS based game in WinXP.
RageLtMan's ATI Drivers
An *unoficial* driver set for the ATI: Rage Pro, Rage Pro Turbo, Rage Lt Pro, Rage XL, Rage Mobility (M1, P), and others based on these chips.
If you use these and your computer explodes, I do not want to hear about it!
SciTech Display Doctor -Version 7 (beta)
VESA problems?
This might help. (Depending on what you have for a video card, be sure to check their list of supported chips).
SciTech Display Doctor -Old versions
VESA problems?
This might help. (Depending on what you have for a video card, be sure to check their list of supported chips).
Official ATI Mach64 Drivers + VESA Tsr.
This is a part of the ATI support web page. If you have a different ATI video card and need a driver look around a bit, it should be there somewhere.
Trident Technical Support for Dummies
Do you have a Trident video card? Need a driver? VESA/Other Problems?
This is the place for you.
Voodoo.dk
If you need drivers for your Voodoo card.......
vga8x14 font fix for Diamond viper series
Getting unreadable text with older games and Diamond Video cards?
More then likely this is caused because some older DOS games such as SIM CITY 2000 use the 8x14 text font.
Run this utility (in the same DOS box under Windows or from real DOS Mode) before starting the game.
HZ Tool
"HZ Tool is a freeware tool for Windows 95/ 98 that lets you set the refreshrate for all resolutions, including the ones that Windows normally don't let you use. You can also change resolution and bit-depth." -HZ web page
UniRefresh / VBEPlus / Modified UVBELib drivers
Utilities that fix various vide Software
Voodoofiles.com
If you have a 3dfx card, visit. Drivers, tools, tweaks, wrappers, utilities, etc, etc.
They also have the above (but not as complete) for nvidia, ati, creative, and other cards.
Unofficial 3Dfx Banshee Troubleshooting and Game Guide
Drivers, faqs, utilities, setup and troubleshooting guides. Some Voodoo 3 material.
Univbe Modified Drivers
These are usually found here: http://unirefresh.demonews.com/videoproblems but they seem to be down at the moment.
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